e aua hoki
1. goodness knows, I don't know, how should I know! don't ask! - an idiom to indicate that the speaker doesn't know. Sometimes it indicates that the speaker isn't particularly interested in knowing, or that the question shouldn't be asked, or that it is inappropriate to ask the speaker that question.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 106; Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;)
E tika ana anō ngā kōhimuhimu mō Taika? E aua hoki. Ko wai ka hua, ko wai ka tohu. / Is the gossip about Tiger actually correct? I don't know. Who can tell.
